Class Environment

District of Barnwell School District 45


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 144.0 Down from 146.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 5.6 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.3 Up from 53.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.3 Down from 93.6
Average teacher salary $48,958 Up from $48,248
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 78.5 Down from 80.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.0 Down from 83.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.5 Up from 82.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 N/A
Prime instructional time 86.6 Down from 87.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.4 to 1 Down from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 N/A

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.